Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-17
Lutheran General Synod.

lege, O1lO, TO remove the IBeOloS tcdi
department to Chicago This caused
considerable discussion. The Rev.
E. X. Bell said it would be impossi-
bic to remove Wittenburg Seminary
from Springfield, o In Chicago
there was no English Lutheran
strength, while i'll Springfield there
were strong churches and excellent
preachers among the Lutherans.
This is necessary to produce Luther
an preachers. 1t would be better to
establish a seminary in Omaha rath-
er than in Chicago. The East will
not always have the best institutions
of learning. The centre of culture
will move westward The recon-
mendation was, by a vote of the
Synod, stricken out of the report.
The board was authorized to raise
$500 per year for the payment of the
expenses incident to the preliminary
work of establishing a college. DR..
Rhodes offered resolutions setting
forth the conviction of the General
Assembly that the time has come for
the establishment of a college in the
West After few words by DR..
Rhodes in advocacy of the resolutions
they were unanimously adopted.
Rev. J. d. SEVERN gham read the
report of the condition and the work
of the recently established German
Theological Seminary at Chicago, Ill.
During the past two years this insti.
tuition has sent out ten young men
into the ministry. The receipts OF
the seminary treasury were ST.
34S99.
| Rev. DR.. Valentine presented the
report of the Committee on Common
Order of Service, which was contin-
ued from the last convention at Har-
risburg in 1885. The report stated
that the report of the committee was
completed, and would be published
in few weeks. A common order of
worship for all English Lutheran
churches in this country has been
adopted by all English general bodies
of the Lutheran Church. The orders
adopted do not include the orders for
ministerial acts, but the United
Synod and General Council have
taken steps for the preparation OF
such orders.
On motion af the Rev Sylsanus
Stall the privilege of the floor was
granted to Rev. T. W. Conrad, d.
D who addressed the Synod on the
subject of common order of service
The report was accepted and the
committee continued with instruc-
tons to cooperate with other mem
bers of the joint committee in secur-
ing preparation of orders in minis
tcrial and also an authorized transla-
ton of the Augsberg Confession and
Lutheran Small Catechism. The
Hymn Book Publishing Committee
was authorized to publish in all fu-
ture editions of the Book Of Worship
this common order of services and to
publish in cheap form separate edi-
tion of the order of service for use of
those congregations which have in
use the books containing the old or
der of service, which is now by this
order superseded. The committee
was also authorized to publish an edi-
tion in.the German and Scandinavian
language.
A report answering the inquiries Of
the Hymn Book Publishing commit
tee was discussed by the Rev. Dr.
Baugher, Rev. Dr. Billheimer and
Mr.. J. W. Rice. These inquiries
arose by reason of the fact that a re-
cent edition of the Sunday school
hymn book contained the Apostles
Greed with different punctuation
from that found in the Book of Wor-
ship. An amicable difference of opin-
ion existed between the Hymn Book
Committee and the Sunday School
Hymn Book Committee and they de-
sired the Synod TO define the author
ity of the standing committee. The
decision was that all the publications
concerning the doctrinal teachings of
the Church must be approved by the
General Synod. The Hymn Book
Publishing Committee was declared
to have no authority to amend the
subject-matter prepared by any other
standing committee until SO ordered
by the General Synod.
The proposition from the United
Synod of the South asking for the
appointment of q committee to act
with similar committee on their
part to secure not only a common SER
vice but q common hymn book was
offered to the standing committee on
common order of service.
Rev. e S. Wolf read the report of
the Committee OH the Re-establish-
ment of an Office of Deaconess, and
declared that this office has the ap-
proyal of the early Church in which
deaconess exercised functions Of this
Office The committee did not see
their way clear to authorize its imme-
diate restoration in churches, but they
recommended continued investjga-
tion of the subject, which should be
reported upon again at tie next con-
vention. The report was adopted,
and the committee continued with the
addition of Rev. j III. Harpster, of
Canton, o.
Rev. DR.. Baugher presented q res
oIution that the Central Synod, hav-
ing no organ fer tie publication of its
views except its own official minutes,
wishes it distinctly understood that
for whatever else is published by ed
itors the contributors and individual
writer's alone are responsible. The
resolutions appended to the Home
Mission report which had not previ-
ously been acted upon were consider
cd. The one recommending the ap-
preparation of $65, 900 for the Home
Missions during the next two years
was adopted.
A Wall.
The attention bachelors is invited
to the following "wail:"
There are some sad sights in this
world. n citv sacked and burnt-a